PRACTICAL ISSUES IN FACING THE REGULATORY CHALLENGE OF ENHANCING THE SAFETY CULTURE IN LEGACY SITE REHABILITATION

摘要

The paper is concerned with the management of the nuclear legacy in northwest Russia, in particularrnthe remediation of facilities, and related spent fuel and radioactive waste management, at the former ShorernTechnical Bases at Andreeva Bay and Gremikha Village. New regulatory guidance documents have beenrndeveloped, necessary because of the special abnormal situation at these sites, but also because of the transitionrnfrom military to civilian regulatory supervision and the evolving regulatory system in the Russian Federation.rnWorks on-going in 2009 are described which involve development of the radio-ecological basis for identifyingrnradiation supervision area boundaries and a system of recommended dose constraints and derived control levels.rnUnconditional guarantee of long-term radioecological protection serves as the basis for criteria development.rnNon-exceedance of these dose constraints and control levels implies compliance with radiological protectionrnobjectives related to the residual contamination.